Passage

Isaiah 32.1

Book: Isaiah · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV (ASV)

"1. Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in justice."

"2. And a man shall be as a hiding-place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest, as streams of water in a dry place, as the shade of a great rock in a weary land. 3. And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken." (Isaiah 32:1-3, ASV)

WEB (WEB)

"1. Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in justice."

"2. A man shall be as a hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the storm, as streams of water in a dry place, as the shade of a large rock in a weary land. 3. The eyes of those who see will not be dim, and the ears of those who hear will listen." (Isaiah 32:1-3, WEB)

KJV (KJV)

"1. Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment."

"2. And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land. ^{great: Heb. heavy} 3. And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken." (Isaiah 32:1-3, KJV)

YLT (YLT)

"1. Lo, for righteousness doth a king reign, As to princes, for judgment they rule."

"2. And each hath been as a hiding-place [from] wind, And as a secret hiding-place [from] inundation, As rivulets of waters in a dry place, As a shadow of a heavy rock in a weary land. 3. And not dazzled are the eyes of beholders, And the ears of hearers do attend." (Isaiah 32:1-3, YLT)

Setting

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Theological reading

Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.

Key words

Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap.

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Quoted in

Isaiah the Prophet

Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

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